Fun & Famous
Why you find him (or her) fiercely attractive
That you all have the hots for Harvey Specter is quite an understatement. But your object of sexual interest in earthly life is probably not a Harvey clone (if it is, I recommend you keep him hidden). Your flings often seem to be nothing like your boyfriend or girlfriend material, as my friend is into brunettes (which worked out well). But how is it that you get wild about one and feel no spark with the other? In the name of science, I present you the answer.
Do you dream of angelic singing, galloping horses, and being swept off your feet by love? Then I'm going to tear your pink cloud to shreds now. The one does not exist, because there are multiple people who fit you perfectly. Says professor Jan Hindrik Ravesloot from the UvA, I’m just the messenger. As long as he’s sporty, a bit symmetrical, and more than average masculine (or feminine, just depending on what you like). This symbolizes health, and that’s how we prefer them, research shows. A model completely meets our standard wish list. Well, nothing wrong with that, right?
”This has nothing to do with attractiveness, but with reproduction.”
Such a package can actually be expanded with extra options. Beauty is like the basic package, but if you add two big breasts as a woman, then the chance is pretty big that men see potential in you. This has nothing to do with attractiveness, but with reproduction. Large breasts suggest that you can nourish well (poof, away with sex). The choice for the love of your life has everything to do with making babies (yes, even in my case). And your nose, because women go for a pleasant scent in men. Anything else? Certainly, we have the gene package again. Ladies prefer the hair color of dad and men go for the eye color of mom. As a complement to those family traits, we choose physical characteristics that we ourselves lack. And if you didn’t stand at the front when it came to distribution (Gigi Hadid-wise), then you adjust the requirements list to what is actually attainable. This all works fully automatically.
”Look for a fun type you can hobby with synchronously.”
But what about the content? Women want rich men, because they have to provide. Men want you to be attractive and able to cook. And that whole opposites attract theory? Nonsense, ha. Look for a fun type you can hobby with synchronously. It’s much more lucrative, because if you have fun together, your relationship will be too. A shared interest in accelerated cell division (just naming something) means a better, steaming, and joyful marriage. And then madam ovulation also gets involved. If you’re in misery, you want your partner to be hot and steamy and the rest of the month just nice McDreamy. Ready? Nope. The pill messes this up again, because all those imposed hormones greatly influence attraction. Say goodbye to that little pill, and it might just be that you also throw away the butterflies for your love with the trash. So, think about that again when you think something is fluttering in the lower regions. Plus point: being in love is an emotion and you can control it. The non-monogamous grassland vole became as loyal as a dog in a study, by inducing the love hormone oxytocin. I mean, there is hope.
One consolation. Are you in a thousand pieces after a break-up? It passes, because in science, heartbreak is just a withdrawal reaction. Think about that when you’ve been gasping for breath under the covers for three days.
Source: Quest
Written by Adeline Mans
